My last Open was converted to have a High End, see below for that one.
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I recently bough another open from Scook, this one was minus 1 door so I decided to make new flat steel doors for this one. I also want to preserve the original Wagon Information printing but loose the LGB, 4015 and odd 15 raised lettering.
Below pic as sent to me by Scook shows the Open as bought.
It has been in service for a bit of battery powered testing.
Interesting, on removing the wheels a lot of fluff and some ally swarf was present. Not a complaint but shown to see what can be present in wagons bearings and well worth a check when you do that annual oil up. You do of course do that don’t you?
The old doors were removed by pulling out the pins and stored safely in a box as were all the screws plus end wires and steps whilst the work is ongoing. The raised lettering was removed with a flat bladed scalpel knife and some coarse emery, printed lettering not required removed with a fibre brush as ever. Doors cut and put in place, it was at this stage that I realised looking at my previous thread that I needed to add some detail to the door! Next job.
LGB Open Wagon Modification 99-03-14
In my ever increasing quest for something a little more like what could be seen in East Germany on the Selktalbahn back in 1981 I came across this interesting variation with a raised end. Some time back I bought this open from Gizzy, it came as a Bogie Wagon but that was swopped over from a 4...
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Below pic as sent to me by Scook shows the Open as bought.
It has been in service for a bit of battery powered testing.
Interesting, on removing the wheels a lot of fluff and some ally swarf was present. Not a complaint but shown to see what can be present in wagons bearings and well worth a check when you do that annual oil up. You do of course do that don’t you?
The old doors were removed by pulling out the pins and stored safely in a box as were all the screws plus end wires and steps whilst the work is ongoing. The raised lettering was removed with a flat bladed scalpel knife and some coarse emery, printed lettering not required removed with a fibre brush as ever. Doors cut and put in place, it was at this stage that I realised looking at my previous thread that I needed to add some detail to the door! Next job.
